50 Cent Questions Why His Trophy Case Doesn’t Match His Album Sales

    Jamaica, Queens rapper 50 Cent continued to discuss music, business, relationships, and more in the third part of his hour-long interview with SXSW. In this latest installment, the emcee turned businessman talked album sales and music awards and pondered why the two don’t add up for him personally.

    50 Cent even concluded his brief remarks on album sales and his “trophy case” with a comment in regards to fellow artist Kanye West and shared that he’d rather “get the check” and leave the trophies to the G.O.O.D. Music rapper.

    “Within music culture for you to be connected to a company or corporation meant you wasn’t being an artist…That wasn’t even supposed to happen,” said 50 Cent while speaking on his Vitaminwater deal. “When you watch the awards shows you’ll notice cause my trophy case don’t match the sales. But hey, Kanye get the trophies. I’ll get the check.”

    The G-Unit founder later touched on his close relationship with professional boxer Floyd Mayweather who he referred to as a brother.

    “He’s like my brother. I don’t have relationships that I value friendships like that. So, we’ll flip flop whatever it is, but it is what it is,” Fifty explained. “At the end of the day he was going through a lot of confusion that [I] experienced. Floyd doesn’t like to be by himself. He takes care of people, he pays people to keep them around him…It’s not the first time I ran into someone who finds their happiness through their circle.”

    During his interview series with SXSW, 50 Cent has gone on to discuss the inability to top past album sales, Nas being “one of the great storytellers within Hip Hop,” and more.

    RELATED: 50 Cent Says Floyd Mayweather, Jr. “Ducked” Fight With Manny Pacquiao

    149 thoughts on “50 Cent Questions Why His Trophy Case Doesn’t Match His Album Sales

    1. This comic buffoon needs to go do another track with that Pussy Cat Doll chick and show the world the true direction of his music and why his rap career is over.

      Even if the streets don’t fuck with this clown he’s still got a legion of white fans who worship him over his association with Emenim.

      You gotta give Emenim, Dr Dre and Jimmy Iovine credit for eating off this dude and shelving his album to save themselves from embarrassment.

      Dre Beats!

      1. and dumb as hell to. aint no white people lookin out for anyone in gunit except banks. end that noise, 50 hasnt had appeal to white people in a minute he stays tryna do stupid fuckin singles .

        his career died the minute amusement park dropped

      1. Shit the Game needs to end everyone’s career if thats what you call 50’s success beyond music. If that’s the case Game is the savior of the Black community if he ended 50 career and this man is in the top 10 on Forbes, and so much side hustles, and the fact that 50 is the stimulus check for a boring day on Hip Hop blogs that any thing 50 will warrant emotion in exchange for hits. Yeah man tell Game to end my career as I’m transitioning from one career to another…..

      2. How is making money ending a career? I’m a Game fan..but did you see the sales from his last album..it flopped..when a career is “ended” it means they are gone, don’t make music anymore.

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      3. wasnt it like 3 months ago game was begging 50 for a G-Unit reunion starting petitions and shit? Does that seem like something someone would do after they ended the others career?

    2. 50 cent should do an interview were he dOesent put another rapper/athletes name in his mouth.

    3. IT’S FUNNY HOW 50 LIKES TO PORTRAY HIMSELF AS AN INTELECTUAL THESE DAYS…YET MOST OF THE TIME HE DOESN’T MAKE SENSE

    4. Typical 50 verse

      Nigga, I aint got nothin, so nigga just stop frontin, befoe I go head and pop somethin

      Run up on me nigga quick playin, south side jamaica, queens all day and

      Im all about the chedda, im loadin my beretta, ma’ trigger fingers itchin, nigga you gon go snitchin

      But it’s all good, though I still be in the hood, how dare you talk to me like it’s all good

      ^^^^^^^
      This took me literally 2 mins to write. This is why he wins no trophies and his career is over. His lyrics are just simplistic tough talk, and choruses sung in the same melody.

      1. you aint lyin either! thats why i stopped checkin for 50 he recycles his verses every single track..

        you forgot i put the sig to ya wig!

    5. “kanye get the trophies, I’ll get the check”

      I’ll take the money..that will last a life time and then some over being broke with a full trophy case.

      follow at noles506

    6. 50 Cent is trying to be clever but he is so dumb. I dont care if he has money he has the brains of a monkey

      1. This man has money because he ISN’T stupid. Possibly the most shrewd business man in hip hop history after Diddy.

    7. Don’t worry fiddy. Your next album sales will perfectly match your trophy case for the awards your album will recieve. WHICH IS NONE!!!

      1. that dude on his way to Spain, Now what have you accomplished since 03… OK I’ll wait… yeah jok aint funny no more huh

    8. let’s face it this is why youre no where near kanye music level because you care more about the checks. thats why kanye ethered you critically and sales wise in 2007. its hard to say but its true.

    9. he talk about the same shit in all his interviews nobody gives a fuck.

      street king immortal aint coming out til 2014 and its going to flop hard…like 50,000 frst week

    10. Kanye’s net worth is $100 million. So that means he has the awards as well as the money. 50’s just jealous and insecure because according to him, nobody else is supposed to have success, or make alot of money. No wonder everybody turned on this clown.

      1. Kanye is worth 100 mil you dumb ass. How the hell you gon make a statement like that without doing your research?

      2. what research? some bullshit celebrity networth website? news flash nigga his finances are private and he doesnt share that info with anyone on the internet so there is no research you can do to prove it either way

      3. who the fuck cares how much kayne got or dont..fuck that doing for yall.

        whos better 50 or kayne..kayne..over and done with fuck all that kayne got this..thats dickridin

      4. “some bullshit celebrity networth website? ”

        a site that does actual research. what’s your source? personal dislike is not a source. you bloggers are hilarious.

      1. and…..no one cares. no one is entertained other than a some simps, which to be fair there are many.

    11. lol 50 tryna talk like jay not workig buddy swaggerless monkey how u make ppl hate u u big dummy

    12. FIf is too smart but man… must be tough being dudes friend.

      Nigga throws Floyd under bus every chance he gets.. Not Cool Fif.

      You gotta remember these dudes was actually friends.

    13. LOL @ people who hate 50….. like if you say he’s dumb you must be retarded because I would love to be dumb and be worth over 100 million … but the only problem he has is that when he came in he just bullied his way over everybody instead of building relationships.

      1. true! which is why noone will even give 50 a chance to work w him. bec people see how quick 50 is to diss you or fuck w your family and noone wanna be around a snake like that..keep it hiphop

    14. Awards are give to people who strive for excellence. 50 ain’t put his heart into his music since GRODT Kanye does on every song.

    15. Well to 50’s statement about his trophy case, I think it’s a really simple answer. He had one of the most successful albums in Hip-Hop history with GRODT, but understand that awards like the Grammy’s aren’t quick to celebrate a rapper who swears profusely and appears to promote violence. I’m not saying I care like the award shows do, but they think about these kinds of things.

      And let’s mention the biggest problem with 50’s music career. Sustained Success. He was at the top of the mountain and has only been going down ever since while Jay Z has never missed a platinum target. Kanye’s albums are always critically acclaimed and he bounced back after his VMA controversy with the Album of the year (all genre’s), their success can be looked at over many years.

      The whole G-Unit thing also didn’t help, their sales were not all that good and by that time it wasn’t anything new in terms of music.

      Everyone’s seen it really and 50 accepts the fact from time to time with statements like “I’ll get the cheque’s”. He’s become a business man and doesn’t approach his albums with nearly enough hunger as he did with GRODT, but that’s not even the main reason why 50’s fallen so far. The main reason is his inability to evolve as an artist when the sound he was producing turned stale to the mainstream listeners. We were all bopping at first, but then it got old, quick. But that’s fine, 50 had his Hip-Hop shine and he should get over it and stop looking back, he’s a rapper through and through and not an artist.

      1. Fif said it best
        I’m that cat by the bar toasting to the good life
        You that fagot ass nigga trying to pull me back right?

        Haters go’n hate!

      2. @ anonymous if that’s the best 50 quote you could come up with then no wonder he doesnt win any awards.

      3. 50 makes gangsta rap, jay z makes music about money post black album era, kanye west makes pop music

    16. Fif said it best,

      I’m that cat by the bar toasting to the good life
      You that fagot ass nigga trying to pull me back right?

      Haters go’n hate!

    17. simple- bec you havnt worth made shit worth gettin a trophy for since GRODT whichim sure won you something. if he wants more awards he needs to look deep down n find that hunger, that hungry rap agressive style voice he had on that album and the soundtrack.

    18. Ten years after Jay Z and Nas’s first projects, they were very competitive and highly relevant. 50 cent’s career after ten years is similar to MC HAMMAR (accept he isn’t broke), is garbage. He had a great first album, then the rest have been a huge disappointment.

      Floyd worked his whole life to get to the level of the highest paid athlete. 50 just started and now he thinks he can advise a person like Floyd.

      Hip Hop has these dumb rappers thinking they are special.

      Too funny

    19. but im pretty sure hes gettin trophies and the check bec hes a nice producer and actually has shit 2 say in his raps (wehter its bitchmade sounding or not) 50 just raps the same shit over n over n over n over n over n over……… and over

    20. “But hey, Kanye get the trophies. Ill get the check”

      i missed this line. and this right here is everything thats wrong with 50.. your already rich, try workin on your music if you care. if not step aside just be a business man n let the young’ns step up

      1. slide wayne to 2.. atleast SB doesnt claim 2 be a blood and a gangbanger when we all know hes lyin be we seen him grow up right before out eyes like hes our own child loll and slide tyga up and nicki down. tyga was a rich boy

      2. oh shit if thats the case keep that bitchass up there. SB is soft and not a gangbanger the world knows that. i hope hes not tryna claim no gang SMH HAHA

      3. put nicki out , she acts like a hoe and she is a hoe , no faking there , slide fucking drake there , he started from degrassi

      4. so pretty much without even realizing it.. we acknowledging that then ENTIRE roster of young money is fake, and the boss of MMG is fake (which is obvious).. good work 007

    21. 50 done dissed the whole industry tryna bully ppl when he was poppin. fast forward 5 years hes declining but still beefin with anyone and everyone.. fast forward another 5 years 50 has 1 record in the form on 100 records (same substance and words) and noone wants to fuck w 50 bec they seen how much of a faggot he been by messin w ppls fams n shit and black ballin ppl..

      50s only gettin that karma

    22. not to mention 50 just sucks..GRODT was classic bec of the material, the rawness and the newness. now that thats over and ppl understand 50 has no lyrical ability whatsoever..its over

      1. you might be a cold ass mother fucker too if your momma got killed when you was 8 and you took 9 bullets

      2. understandable..but be cold to the right ppl. your old peoples, the ppl who shot you..not burning bridges in a completely different environment (hollywood)..thtas what he did and this is where hes at now in the public eye

      3. having a rough upbringing is not an excuse to be a dick. There are plenty of people who grew up rough that turned out of be nice people. 50 is a dickhead because he chooses to be, not because of mommy issues.

      4. the thing is though he mostly only a dick to people who come at him for no reason, or start shit outta nowhere

    23. ACCORDING TO FORBES, KANYE MADE OR WAS WORTH 100 MILLI BY 2011. AND FOR Y’ALL PUSSIES WITH NO ARTISTIC TASTE – IT’S A FACT THAT 50 CENT FELL OFF. OR MAYBE HE DIDN’T, HE IS MAKING WACK MUSIC SINCE EVER. ALL OF HIS ALBUMS SOUND LIKE A WORSE VERSION OF HIS PREVIOUS ALBUM, ALL HE RAPS ABOUT IS MONEY, BITCHES, DRUGS, WEAPONS, HE PROMOTES VIOLENCE IN HIS SONGS AND HE IS NOT A GOOD ROLE MODEL FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. HE TRULY DESERVES NO AWARD AT ALL.

      KANYE IS A MULTITALENTED ARTIST WITH UNIQUE RAPPING AND PRODUCING SKILLZ, ALL OF HIS ALBUMS ARE STRAIGHT CLASSIC, HE HAD HELPED LUPE FIASCO OR COMMON, HE FOUNDED G.O.O.D. MUSIC WHERE HE HAS GOOD ARTISTS IN CONTRAST WITH WACK G-UNIT NIGGAZ, HE PLAYED WITH AN ORCHESTRA AT ABBEY ROAD, HE IS PROBABLY THE MOST IFLUENTAL RAPPER EVER WHEN IT COMES TO FASHION, HE HANGS OUT WITH PEOPLE LIKE RICARDO TISCI OR JAY-Z.

      AND WHO THE FUCK CARES ABOUT FLOYD MAYWEATHER ANYWAY?

    24. “you might be a cold ass mother fucker too if your momma got killed when you was 8 and you took 9 bullets”

      Rick Ross is much nicer in person. Signs autographs and offers to pay for your food at Arby’s.

      1. Common man….!!!! Comparing tha real O.G. FIFTY with whom???? That Fake Ross….aka Rape Ross….!!!!
        That FAKE ROSS whose entire empire is built upon an entire fake background…..!!!!!
        And one more thing man….
        “cops will behave like cops & gangstas behave like gangstas”…Do you expect a lion to behave like a cow….???? So whatever you said is justified man…..!!

    25. “maybe if you count kims money with his”

      KK isn’t even worth $10 million dollars. Her mother is the one with all the money.

    26. nobody wants to buy a multi-milionaire’s rapper cd who talks about selling crack , killing people and who says i don’t smoke and drink and makes a song called hate being sober , i’m not hating on fif’ but he is rich is as fuck , just take a different direction with your music

    27. There are no awards for diss tracks are there any????
      If there were they would be named 50 Cent Awards “most prestigious awards in hip hop”….
      Moreover;
      Did Kanye suffered from a troubled childhood as turbulent as 50…???? HELL NO
      Did Kanye sold crack on the streets….???? HELL NO
      Did Kanye got shot 9 times and SURVIVED….!!!!????? HELL NO
      Did Kanye went from Rags to riches….???? HELL NO
      Did Kanye created hype for himself ,came out of the crowd ,made a name in the industry…??? HELL NO
      Did any rapper in the hip hop has “street cred “as much as fif….HELL NO….!!!!!
      WHEN THE STORY OF FIF’S LIFE MAKES HIM A LEGEND …DID HE NEED any f**k*n AWARDS HELLLLLLLLLL NOOOOOOO……..!!!!!!!!!!
      RESPECT HIM OR GET THE F*** OUTTA HERE….MANN…!!!!!

      1. noones questioning 50 cents street Cred.. hes where hes at bec he sucks at rapping, burned every bridge in the rap world and each album sounds like the album before that.. he has as much growth as a dwarf

    28. FIF is mad humorous, had me rollin when he said the reason he stopped fuckin with Floyd was because he got tired from running from paqiuo. HAHAHAHAH

    29. 50s not selling because he has no swag. sales arent based on quality music anymore, not even relatable music. its based on swag. and as long as this monkey keeps wearing sms hats with flannels shirts and cutoff jean shorts that stop above the knee and gunit sneakers, he will never sell a cd again.

      1. but 50 doesnt even have quality. its all the same as every track ive ever heard from 50. 50 has mass appeal its just hes to basic a rapper to excercise that now thats hes not new

    30. 50 Cent is the most bitter, hateful rich person ever. You dont get awards, blame the awards shows not Kanye. Who cares about Floyd wanting to have ppl around, 90% of the world is afraid of loneliness. 50 is def rich, but what are riches when you are so unhappy? Floyd seems to love life and fun more than 50, dude is down right depressing.

      1. He never talks about his kid. Now that G Unit is dead, you’d think he’d be showing his human side and talking more about his son. Who gives a fuck about Mayweather, or why his tropy case is empty. Act like a human being and not a rich prick robot.

      2. ^^^^^^^real talk, that dude is just bitter and hateful, like you stated, for whatever reason he’s the antithesis of happy…

      3. Fifty is still impressed with himself trying be to a rich prick robot.

        He loves the fact that his persona is of a remorseless terminator and he thinks people should be scared of him. Things is no one gives a sh!t about all that tough talk. It really is just talk. Maybe he should go seek out his dad and get a hug or something.

    31. Fck this I’m still trippin off of ol dude giving up his scholarship for a rap career lmao where are the parents yo

    32. “kim kardashian has networth of 40 million. hating someone does not make what you say facts”

      That’s actually spread out among all of the Kardasian kids.

    33. “Comparing tha real O.G. FIFTY with whom???? That Fake Ross….aka Rape Ross….!!!!”

      How many women has Curtis Curly Jackson probably Molly’d in his lifetime? He just doesn’t make a song about it.

      1. i would say none. 50 is a real man and he doesnt need to rape women to sleep with him unlike that fat overweight unattractive slob who only gets pussy because of his money and the drugs he puts in their drinks william roberts

    34. Typical 50 verse (for every album hes ever dropped)

      Nigga, I aint got nothin, so nigga just stop frontin, befoe I go head and pop somethin

      Run up on me nigga quick playin, south side jamaica, queens all day and

      Im all about the chedda, im loadin my beretta, ma’ trigger fingers itchin, nigga you gon go snitchin

      But it’s all good, though I still be in the hood, how dare you talk to me like it’s all good

      ^^^^^^^
      This took me literally 2 mins to write. This is why he wins no trophies and his career is over. His lyrics are just simplistic tough talk, and choruses sung in the same melody.

    35. He’s acting like Kanye’s broke. I’d probably take the $100+ million, 20 grammy’s and still being relevant 10 years later.

    36. Kanye could have all those grammy’s because his albums actually deserved them. 50’s didn’t, he hasn’t put out a good album for 10 years.

    37. Fif been beat up, stabbed, shot up, sold out Prime and snitched on Chris and Irv. He has yet to have done anything to anybody outside of make diss tracks but he his the realist nigga out… sorry but I can’t buy that. I respect his hustle but the path he chose to get where he is deserves no respect. Yea he has a gazillion dollars and gained enough power to shut people out of the music industry. People should at least admit he got smashed on the streets. Again… who has he shot or stabbed??

      1. The guy who shot him got shot like 50 got shot.. Only difference is he ain’t fuckin breathing

      2. most people who commit real crimes in the streets dont make that shit public you know? you want him to confess so you feel like he has some street cred?

        he already street certified. no one touchin 50 and everyone knows where he live

    38. 50’s career is OVER! He’s a bitch. My nigga Game destroyed this faggot and he’s still tryin to come back! Nigga don’t nobody wants to hear ur wack ass music so fall the fuck back 50! Ur career is officially over, you fucking faggot! You bitch ass nigga! FUCK YOU!! GGGGGGG-UNOT!!

    39. FUCK KENDRICK LAMAR, J. COLE, 2 CHAINZ, ODD FUTURE, LUPE FIASCO, MEEK MILL, WALE, DRAKE, WIZ KHALIFA, BIG SEAN, KID CUDI, B.O.B, MAC MILLER, YELAWOLF, LAUGHTERHOUSE, MACHINE GUN KELLY AND ALL THESE WACK FRESHMEN RAPPERS THAT SOLD THEIR SOUL TO THE DEVIL.

      FUCK EMINEM, JAY-Z, LIL WAYNE, KANYE WEST, DR. DRE, DIDDY AND NAS FOR MAKING SONGS WITH THOSE WACK RAPPERS.

      KILL THE ILLUMINATI! THEY KILLED PAC, EAZY-E AND BIGGIE! ONLY DMX AND ICE CUBE REMAINED THE TRUE WARRIOR FOR THE KILLUMINATI SOLDIERS!

      LISTEN TO REAL MUSIC LIKE IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE, LOWKEY, K-RINO, DIABOLIC, APATHY, CELPH TITLED, VINNIE PAZ, SEAN PRICE, HOPSIN, MC JIN, NECRO, CANIBUS AND ALL THE REAL UNDERGROUND LEGENDS!!

      #BAWSE!!!!!!!

    40. …to call them fake today is hate, real niggas extinct, (2)pac left me inside a rap world with niggas that wink…

      1. love that song, reminds me that Nas really is the last real nigga alive, like he said more than 10 years ago

      1. lol thats why nas brought out a 5 star album last year and is still arguably the greatest mc ever were as 50 isnt even in top 50 greatest mcs ever hes pure trash plus jadakiss destroyed 50 with his disses you never hear shots fired

      2. 50 still richer then all them combine and he sold more albums then all of them combine and that a FACT

    41. 50 so cold he totally muffled Banks, because he dont wanna see Banks succeed. Why not let Banks put out a album? Award Shows, Artist, Producers etc. are all lol at Fif. The only thing left for 50 is his money. He’s blackballed like Dame, at least he got money because hes the new Dame Dash, hated! They will never let him back in, he dissed too many ppl. Some didnt deserve it either. Lol, now he even dissin his best friend MayWeather. 50 is super rich, but hes old, lonely, washed up and pissed.

    42. GIVE ME A CHANCE
      Youtube is all about finding new artist, & though I been rapping for a while im still consider a new artist. I just want my music heard thats all, im not looking for no record deal, getting famous ‘r anything like that.! so please just spare a few sec. to check me out, & if you like what you heard please SUBSCRIBE so ill know you actually listen & support
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzBh55tD_eg

    43. you bitter, angry man…..i used to have a chick like this, she refused to be happy regardless of how sweet shit was…..people like this are poison to the fulfilled/good natured person, like a disease or some shit…..

      1. truth man, 50 cent was poison to hiphop for real. mad about how sh*t turned out for him, legendary status GONE with his rap talent

    44. What a fucking idiot. Kanye sold more than him, didn’t he? Because Kanye’s album was better in every way possible. Kanye got the sales and the trophies. This sad man is constantly making excuses.

    45. It’s a dog damn shame like Mr.T’s fall from grace, like Clubber Lang losing to Rocky. What Happened?

      1. ohthe only thing happened was expansion, you know Vitamin water deal, movies with al pacino and robert deniro TOGETHER, forest whitaker and other acclaimed actors, dam n man you know philanthropic efforts in Africa, headphones, oh yeah boxing, then books, and he only got one of the hottst Hip Hop websites out, oh what else, he’s on Hip Hop blogs AT least twice a week since dropping Before I Self Destruct, did Oprah, signed a few artist and right now I mean right now in Barcelona for a show thats gonna net another million….

        Fifty really fell off You are SOOOOOOO Right……

    46. Trophies don’t mean a thing. 50 going down as a legend regardless. The one who made the mixtape blueprint. Don’t forget his impact with GRODT. If it wasn’t for 50 NOBODY would be making mixtapes these days. Took his style and ran with it

      1. cosign. the 50 haters are gonna jump all over this comment.

        50 def pioneered the mixtape game and showed that good things can happen if you are good and have a good mixtape. to the new rappers, YOU DONT NEED 15 FEATURES on your MIXTAPE!

    47. You people cosigning your own comments with a different username are so sad. It’s so obvious when EVERY hate comment gets a cosign LOL get a life

    48. He dont care about the trophys, just cut the checks, huh? The really sad part about that comment is… If he dont care about the trophys, why keep bringing it up. This is the same case with the money… If you so rich and dont care about being on top, why go at Kanye b’cuz he on top? “I want em to love me like they love Pac”, nope! Pac was talented you not.

      1. Lol he brought it up cause it’s an example of how messed up the music industry is. You can hate and make comments all you want but at the end of the day 50 Cent is still richer than you, more respected than you and VERY HAPPY with his career. Coming from Queens he is loved here like “They love Pac”.

    49. ja rule and murder inc killed theses nigga on the streets do your homework they stabbed 50 up at the hit factory murder inc were them real gangstas and 50 claiming he real why didnt he go see them insead of reistraing orders aha

      1. do real gangstas turn out the lights when they run up on someone. why did ja and his murder inc weed carriers have to fight like girls with weapons and the lights out

    50. “your favorite rapper”

      What year are you living in? In 2013, nobody works with 50 and walks away liking the experience. Eminem reportedly throws up for at least an hour after every collaboration now.

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